Migrants trapped in Greece go on hunger strike

Migrants trapped in the small Greek border town of Idomeni went on hunger strike Tuesday, the Times reported.

The small town has become a temporary home to at least 10,000 migrants who have been denied passage to Macedonia. Some migrants have responded by refusing the food handed out by aid workers.

“How can one eat in this condition?” Mohanad Sali, a 21-year-old agriculture engineer from the Syrian city of Aleppo, who said he was imprisoned for two years for participating in anti-government demonstrations, told The Times. “You think I will give up? Never!”

The camp, which was originally designed to hold only 1,200 people, is running out of resources and only has 30 operating mobile showers. And after 1,000 refugees arrived overnight, some aid workers fear the situation might turn violent.

“It’s a tsunami,” said John Finnerty of Habit, an NGO. “The million-dollar question is whether this situation, however uneasy, will remain calm enough until then, or whether it will all turn terribly violent.”